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• HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment
  Evidence-Based Research Interview
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• Evidence-Based Research Interview
• Details
• Identify, analyze, and discuss the components
  that comprise a valid evidence-based research
  study.
• Based on the information compiled above,
  interview a health care leader about his/her
  experiences related to using evidence-based
  research to drive changes in practices in his/her
  facility.

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• HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 6 Discussion 2
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• What are the indicators for using a t-test?
  Create a research scenario in which it would be
  correct to use a t-test, including the research
  question, sample size, and dependent and
  independent variables.

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• HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 7 Discussion 1
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• What are the indicators for using an ANOVA?
  Create a research scenario in which it would be
  correct to use an ANOVA, including the research
  question, sample size, and dependent and
  independent variables.

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• HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 7 Discussion 2
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• What are the indicators for using a regression
  analysis? Create a research scenario in which it
  would be correct to use a regression analysis,
  including the research question, sample size, and
  dependent and independent variables?

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• HLT 540 Week 1 Discussion 1
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• Why do you think many healthcare practitioners
  are often unwilling to change practice patterns,
  based on research findings? Some practitioners
  criticize evidence-based practice as cookbook
  care. Considering these perceptions, how would
  you utilize your education and experiences in
  planning the implementation of a major change?

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• HLT 540 Week 1 Discussion 2
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• Consider the question Why do physicians and
  nurses kill more people than airline pilots?
  Apply your critical thinking skills to this
  argument and critique the statement. First, do
  you think its true? If it is, what do you think
  about their rationale? How would you address it
  if the question were posed to you in a forum?

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• HLT 540 Week 2 Discussion 1
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• What kinds of extraneous variables (not cited in
  the studies) do you think could have affected the
  relationships between the independent variables
  and the dependent variables in both the Messina
  et al. and Coyne et al. studies?

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• HLT 540 Week 2 Discussion 2
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• How effectively do you think the Coyne et al.
  study and the Messina et al. study both used
  their review of literature to help the reader
  understand why the research question was asked?
  How could they have done it more effectively?
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• HLT 540 Week 3 Assignment 1 Coyne and Messina
  Articles, Part 1 Analysis
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• Coyne and Messina Articles, Part 1 Analysis
• Details
• 1) In a paper (1,000-1,250 words), compare and
  contrast the major elements of the reports by
  Coyne et al. and Messina et al., listed in the
  Module 2 Readings.

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• HLT 540 Week 3 Assignment 2 Assessing a Research
  Study
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• Assessing a Research Study
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• 1) Choose a research study article of interest to
  you.

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• HLT 540 Week 3 Discussion 1
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• Given that there is a documented advantage to the
  use of an experimental and control group design,
  discuss why other designs are frequently used,
  and the situations that may prompt the use of one.

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• HLT 540 Week 3 Discussion 2
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• Discuss your understanding of the concept of
  internal validity in a research study, and the
  impacts of several errors or biases that can
  reduce the studys validity.

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• HLT 540 Week 4 Assignment Coyne and Messina
  Articles Part 2 Statistical Assessment
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• Coyne and Messina Articles Part 2 Statistical
  Assessment
• Details
• 1) Write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words regarding
  the statistical significance of outcomes as
  presented in Messinas, et al. article The
  Relationship between Patient Satisfaction and
  Inpatient Admissions Across Teaching and
  Nonteaching Hospitals.

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• HLT 540 Week 4 Discussion 1
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• Why do you think so many people have problems
  with using, interpreting, or applying statistics
  in making business decisions?

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• HLT 540 Week 4 Discussion 2
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• As you have learned to evaluate different
  research studies, what elements seem the most
  important to you for evaluation of the researchs
  quality? Why?

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• HLT 540 Week 5 Assignment 1 Broyles Textbook
  Practice Exercise
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• Broyles Textbook Practice Exercise
• Details
• Complete Practice Exercise 1 (page 157) and
  Practice Exercise 11 (page 180) in the
  textbook. For the data set listed, use Excel to
  extract the mean and standard deviation for the
  sample of lengths of stay for cardiac patients.
  Use the following Excel steps

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• HLT 540 Week 5 Discussion 1
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• Discuss the concept of the normal distribution,
  why it is important, and what you think it means.

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• HLT 540 Week 5 Discussion 1
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• Discuss the concept of the normal distribution,
  why it is important, and what you think it means.

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• HLT 540 Week 5 Discussion 2
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• When students talk about grading on the curve,
  how does that apply to the normal distribution?

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• HLT 540 Week 6 Assignment 1Yeung Analysis
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• Yeung Analysis
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• 1) Refer to The Use of Electro-Acupuncture in
  Conjunction with Exercise for the Treatment of
  Chronic Low-Back Pain by Yeung, Leung, and Chow.

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• HLT 540 Week 6 Assignment 2 Correlation between
  Two Variables
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• Correlation between Two Variables
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• Use Excel to do a correlation between the
  following variables

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• HLT 540 Week 6 Assignment 3 T-Test for Two Sample
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• T-Test for Two Sample
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• A drug company is measuring levels of
  oxygenation in patients after receiving a test
  medication. As the researcher, you are interested
  in whether Group I, which received the
  medication, has the same oxygenation levels as
  Group II, which did not.

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• HLT 540 Week 6 Discussion 1
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• Discuss the differences between the concepts of
  correlation and causality, and why it is
  critically important to make sure that the
  differences are understood?
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• HLT 540 Week 7 Assignment 1 Broyles Textbook
  Exercise 1
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• Broyles Textbook Exercise 1
• Details
• 1) Use Excel to complete Exercise 1 on page
  247 (Regression Analysis) in the textbook.
• 2) Answer the questions at the end of the
  exercise.

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• HLT 540 Week 7 Assignment 2 Broyles Textbook
  Exercise 7
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• Broyles Textbook Exercise 7
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• 1) Use Excel to complete Exercise 7 on page
  208 (ANOVA) in the textbook.
• 2) Answer the questions at the end of the
  exercise.

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• HLT 540 Week 7 Assignment 3Roddy and Ganz
  Assessments
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• Roddy and Ganz Assessments
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• 1) Use Roddy and Ganz Worksheets to complete
  an assessment of the research studies
  Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines A New System
  to Better Determine True Strength of
  Recommendation by Roddy et al., and ICU Nurses
  Oral-Care Practices and the Current Best
  Evidence by Ganz et al.

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• HLT 540 Week 8 Assignment 1 Proposal Development
  Paper
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• HLT 540 Week 8 Assignment 1 Proposal Development
  Paper
• Write a proposal paper (1,250-1,500 words) for a
  major change project that you would like to lead.

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• HLT 540 Week 8 Assignment 2 Stakeholder Scenario
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• HLT 540 Week 8 Assignment 2 Stakeholder Scenario
• 1) Read and complete Stakeholder Scenario.
• 2) Prepare this assignment according to the APA
  guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located
  in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
  required.

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• HLT 540 Week 8 Discussion 1
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• Re-visit the roadmap that you began at the start
  of your program of study. Complete information
  regarding this course. In the discussion, reflect
  on how this course meets your career goals. What
  have you gleaned from the course that will help
  you in your career path? Respond to at least two
  other classmates.

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• HLT 540 Week 8 Discussion 2
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• Discuss your thoughts about the ethics of using
  informed consent vs. blinding the subjects to the
  expected outcomes of the intervention. Should
  they be told? How much should they be told? How
  would the placebo effect be impacted if subjects
  are told which intervention is being applied to
  them?
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